Sarah, Plain and Tall Lesson Plans

Sarah, Plain and Tall Novel Unit (Teaching Bank)

This is a custom written literature unit to be used with Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. This unit is designed to be used with some student/instructor interaction. It can also be revised as an independent study for the student. It... More »

Sarah, Plain and Tall Novel Unit

This is a custom written literature unit to be used with Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. This unit is designed to be used with some student/instructor interaction. It can also be revised as an independent study for the student. It... More »

'Sarah, Plain and Tall'

Oral and written activities to extend and enrich the familiar literature title More »

Sarah, Plain and Tall: A Novel-Ties Study Guide

This Novel-Ties study guide accompanies Sarah, Plain and Tall , the story of Sarah who leaves her home in Maine to join widowed Papa and his two children on the Prairie.This Novel-Ties guide is a teacher/student literature unit organized in... More »

A Guide for Using Sarah, Plain and Tall and Journey in the Classroom

This resource is directly related to its literature equivalents and filled with a variety of cross-curricular lessons to do before, during, and after reading the books. This reproducible book includes sample plans, author information, vocabulary... More »

A Guide for Using Sarah, Plain and Tall and Journey in the Classroom (Enhanced eBook)

This resource is directly related to its literature equivalents and filled with a variety of cross-curricular lessons to do before, during, and after reading the books. This reproducible book includes sample plans, author information, vocabulary... More »

Sarah, Plain & Tall: Literature Resource Guide

This teaching unit helps introduce fine literature to students with a wide range of reading abilities. Each teaching unit promotes oral and written language proficiency through discussion questions and writing assignments that develop... More »

Sarah, Plain & Tall: Literature Resource Guide (Enhanced eBook)

This teaching unit helps introduce fine literature to students with a wide range of reading abilities. Each teaching unit promotes oral and written language proficiency through discussion questions and writing assignments that develop... More »

Allusions in Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

This activity asks students to identify and research various allusions found in Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. More »

Reader's Theater for Sarah Mae Fleming

This reader's theater highlights the contribution of Sarah Mae Fleming, who was arrested and convicted for not giving up her seat over a year before Rosa Parks. More »

Sarah Winnemucca: A Leader for Peace

A readers' theater script about the Paiute mediator and diplomat, plus staging suggestions and two extension activities More »

The Courage of Sarah Noble: A Novel-Ties Study Guide

This Novel-Ties study guide accompanies The Courage of Sarah Noble, the story of a brave eight year old who accompanies her father into the wilderness of Connecticut in 1707.This Novel-Ties guide is a teacher/student literature unit organized in... More »

A Guide for Using The Courage of Sarah Noble in the Classroom

This resource is directly related to its literature equivalent and filled with a variety of cross-curricular lessons to do before, during, and after reading the book. This reproducible book includes sample plans, author information, vocabulary... More »

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes Response Journal

By reflecting on what they've read, students develop new ideas and link these ideas to their lives. To facilitate this process, we offer reproducible Prestwick Response Journals in the tradition of the response-centered teaching movement. Each... More »

A Guide for Using The Courage of Sarah Noble in the Classroom (Enhanced eBook)

This resource is directly related to its literature equivalent and filled with a variety of cross-curricular lessons to do before, during, and after reading the book. This reproducible book includes sample plans, author information, vocabulary... More »

A Message from Uncle Wilber

This one-page story is about what Uncle Wilber sent to Sarah and Sid. The unit includes five activity pages to recall details, sequence events, develop vocabulary, use words with 'silent k', make compound words, and answer questions. (Find other... More »

Speak, Rufus, Speak! (Word Families)

This literacy unit presents a short story about Sarah, who teaches her pet, Rufus, how to speak. Also included are comprehension questions and two activity pages in which students use words from the '-eak,' '-ick,' and '-ack' word families. More »

A Breath of Wind (Earth & Space Science/Weather, Tornadoes)

This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ provides a story about how a tornado formed and what happened to Ethan and Sarah. The unit contains a two-page story, plus three activities to answer comprehension questions, define and use... More »

'Mary's Lamb'

This read/understand 'poem in song,' written by Sarah Josepha Hale, tells about Mary's lamb that follows her to school. The unit includes directions, poem/song, comprehension questions (in test-prep format), and a page that asks students to... More »

Grammardog Guide to A White Heron

Grammar, Style, and Proofreading Exercises designed to teach grammar in context. These reproducible exercises use sentences from the literature. Each literary work is analyzed for 12 of the following 14 elements: parts of speech; proofreading... More »

Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good

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